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'mr. dictator head series' by stephen ives
(above) saddam hussein
image © stephen ives
'mr. dicator head' by melbourne-based artist stephen ives is a series of sculptures that depicts
various dictator figures as the popular children's toy, mr. potato head. characterized by multiple
removable parts, the collection includes well-known political characters such as stalin, saddam hussein,
and kim jong il. achieving striking resemblance through eyebrows, hair formation, and, in some cases,
the character-defining mustache, the plastic figurines juxtapose the dictators with an accessible and
endearing model form.

lenin
image © stephen ives

kim jong il
image © stephen ives

stalin
image © stephen ives

mao zedong
image © stephen ives

idi amin
image © stephen ives

margaret thatcher
image © stephen ives

skull base
image © stephen ives

image © stephen ives
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didn’t know that Great Britain was under dictatorship in the 1980′s! Smashing work though!
Are we really going to consider Thatcher a dictator? Awesome concept. I’d like to add a few of my own
this is so cool! I want the entire collection!
Yeah I see the humour in the thatcher one but philosophically, I think the families oppressed and murdered by the other dictators may argue (or slap you) for implying that thatcherism came close to oppressing her citizens to the levl of dictator.
Still, funny.
Like the concept and in the words of Shoenberg: ‘If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art’
any walking head makes me giggle!